Empty Columns with Oracle Parser

Hi,
How can I persuade the Oracle parser to output <td></td> in case that an XML
element is sometimes not present?

Saxon and XALAN both output it as it is: <td></td>, whereas the
Oracle-Output is <td/>. This causes trouble with the Netscape browser (which
needs exactly <td></td>, whereas IE5 and Mozilla are able to recognize empty
columns while reading <td/>.

The stylesheet contains statements like <xsl:preserve-space elements="*"/>,
and all XSL select statements are placed explicitly between the <td></td>
tags.

Thanks in advance, Barbara
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Barbara Sellmer-Bruels
Klopotek & Partner GmbH - Berlin
E-Commerce


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